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| No Story Too Small |
This post is for week 1 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Crow from No Story Too Small.
You can read the list of my posts HERE
Mary King nee Budd was the sister to my several times Great Grandfather, Richard Budd. Mary was born in Puttenham Surrey in 1744 the youngest of 8 children born to Henry Budd and his wife Martha Otway.
Mary married John King in Puttenham in 1767 and together John and Mary raised a family 10 children (9 girls and 1 boy). Each of their offspring spent time in India and have over the years given me a huge amount of insight into the lives of women at this period of time.
John King died in 1803 and Mary died in 1817. From what I can establish at the moment, John did not leave a will.
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| Courtesy of Ancestry – Parish Records Puttenham Surrey Burials 1817 |
Recently Ancestry has published the Probate records and a quick search revealed that Mary left a will when she died.
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| Courtesy of Ancestry – Probate Record 1817 |
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| Courtesy of Ancestry – Probate Record 1817 |
Actions
- Transcribe the will of Mary
- Search for will of John King (again)
- Explore the residence at time of death – Tooting which is London
- The will indicates that Mary was living with her daughter Lucy who married Richard William Eastwick
- By the time Mary King died her only son had predeceased her, within a year of this will being made, yet Mary had not made a new will.
